Ultrafast intersystem-crossing in platinum containing π-conjugated polymers with tunable spin-orbit coupling

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Sheng, C X ^a,b   Singh, S ^a   Gambetta, A ^a,d   Drori, T ^a   Tong, M ^a   Tretiak, S ^c   Vardeny, Z V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

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EID: 84884215908     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep02653     Document Type: Article

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